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Okay guys, what plugin are you using - rashid420 - 2009-02-11 06:53

I'm sorry but none of the plugins for Hulu at code.google worked for me. On the other hand, this plugin works great.

http://www.mediafire.com/?j4ylwhnuxef

Now, next stop, http://www.crackle.com. Someone please post a plugin for crackle.com. Because what's not at hulu is at crackle. Big Grin


- sion28 - 2009-02-11 07:21

rwparris2 Wrote:That's backwards, rtmpdump uses code from xbmc/boxee.

But yeah, boxee uses flash to get the stream but xbmc uses some c++ magic to grab the stream and play it with dvdplayer.
So would there be a way to save or cache (temporarily even) the whole flash video file to the local hdd? Reason I ask is this might solve several issues:
1) being able to scan/skip forward (or backward) as desired, and 2) being able to just download the whole thing slowly and watch later, when network problems prevent smooth playback (or playback at all). The other night I had some free time and wanted to catch up on 24, and damn if for some reason my bandwidth went in the crapper. Couldn't stream anything... on the xbox or on my PC.


- TheEvilHammer - 2009-02-11 08:51

TheEvilHammer Wrote:Hi everyone,

I'm running crichton's Hulu plugin on the latest t3ch build (2009-01-25 SVN rev17349) on an XBOX. The plugin is working pretty well for the most part, but I've run into a couple of problems:
  1. H264 videos do not play at all. I've seen some other posts where people mention that the H264 videos play too fast or out of sync, but I can't get them to play, period.
  2. Occasionally, the plugin will download the entries for a directory, and then do nothing (i.e. not display any of the entries it just downloaded).


As a followup to problem #2, I see these types of messages in the logfile:

Code:
23:50:28 M: 28635136  NOTICE: urllib2
23:50:28 M: 28635136  NOTICE: .
23:50:28 M: 28635136  NOTICE: URLError
23:50:28 M: 28635136  NOTICE: :
23:50:28 M: 28635136  NOTICE: <urlopen error (10055, 'No buffer space available')>
23:50:28 M: 28635136  NOTICE:
23:50:28 M: 28635136   ERROR: Scriptresult: Error

I've seen some posts about this problem, and people have said "Edit settings.xml", but I don't see a settings.xml and neither does the plugin:

Code:
23:36:48 M: 39325696   DEBUG: DIRECTORY::CPluginDirectory::GetDirectory - URL for plugin settings: Hulu/
23:36:48 M: 39325696   ERROR: Unable to load: Q:\plugins\video\Hulu\resources\settings.xml, Line 0
                             Failed to open file

Here is the full logfile showing both problems: http://dpaste.com/118070/

Does anyone have any advice on fixing either problem? Thanks!

Bump. I can repro the second problem very consistently by trying to open the "24-Hour News" directory under "Onion News Network".


hulu queue? - sion28 - 2009-02-11 09:56

I'm running the plugin from the svn repo installer... on an xbox... from within the USA. I entered my hulu username & password. What do I need to do now to see my Hulu queue?


- timdog82001 - 2009-02-11 13:13

sion28 Wrote:I'm running the plugin from the svn repo installer... on an xbox... from within the USA. I entered my hulu username & password. What do I need to do now to see my Hulu queue?

From what I understand, that functionality isn't really there yet. You can put in your username/password, but it doesn't actually do anything right now.


The Office - webmaven - 2009-02-11 20:07

I am trying to watch The Office but when I select The Office from the menu I just see clips not the episodes. Is there a way to fix this?

Also How do I use the SVN REPO Installer. It does not do anything when I select it. Can you point me to a thread that explains how to using this on the XBOX?

Thank you;
Raymond


- nicoli_k - 2009-02-11 22:05

webmaven Wrote:I am trying to watch The Office but when I select The Office from the menu I just see clips not the episodes. Is there a way to fix this?

Also How do I use the SVN REPO Installer. It does not do anything when I select it. Can you point me to a thread that explains how to using this on the XBOX?

Thank you;
Raymond

here's the repo installer. the latest t3ch upgrade had an error in the installer, so you can reinstall it using this one and it should work.
Nuka1195 Wrote:UPDATED: version 1.3.1

http://xbmc-addons.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/plugins

If you want your plugins added, pm me with the details of your plugin(s).

Installer plugin
http://xbmc-addons.googlecode.com/svn/packages/plugins/programs/SVN_Repo_Installer.zip

the first listing you will see is all the available repos.

if your platform does not have a programs section, you can install this in /plugins/video as a hack or

put it in /plugins/programs and add a link in your favourites.xml.

example favourites.xml
xbox
PHP Code:
<favourites>
    <
favourite name="SVN Repo Installer" thumb="q:\plugins\programs\SVN Repo Installer\default.tbn">ActivateWindow(10001,plugin://programs/SVN Repo Installer/)</favourite>
</favourites
other platforms
PHP Code:
<favourites>
    <
favourite name="SVN Repo Installer" thumb="u:\plugins\programs\SVN Repo Installer\default.tbn">ActivateWindow(10001,plugin://programs/SVN Repo Installer/)</favourite>
</favourites
thanks to VDRFan for the above idea



What am I doing wrong - nymart - 2009-02-12 15:51

I have installed the Hulu plugin correctly (I assume) and it works, but I keep reading in this thread about Plugin Settings...where the heck are these?? I have gone to Video Plugins-->Hulu-->Context Menu and there is nothing there about Plugin Settings. I thought it might just be missing from my skin (Horizon) but I changed to PM3.HD and it doesn't show up there either.


- webmaven - 2009-02-12 18:23

I had this problem. Go to the "Video Plugins" (As if you were going to start Hulu) In the menu you should see Hulu and other video plugins. Arrow down to Hulu (but do not select it) and press the clear button (Next to the black button on the Xbox controller) on your Xbox controller this will then show the menu your looking for.

Raymond


- nymart - 2009-02-12 18:31

webmaven Wrote:I had this problem. Go to the "Video Plugins" (As if you were going to start Hulu) In the menu you should see Hulu and other video plugins. Arrow down to Hulu (but do not select it) and press the clear button (Next to the black button on the Xbox controller) on your Xbox controller this will then show the menu your looking for.

Raymond

Thanks, but I'm runnning on Windows not Xbox....don't suppose you know what key that would be on a keyboard? There isn't anything in keymap.xml that equates to clear...